Earl’s Brother With Road Commission
BRISBANE. Monday.—The Hon. Gerald William Desmond Plunkett, brother of the Earl of Fingall, Ireland, has died in Brisbane General…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
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Drastic Cut in Railway Staffs
LONDON, Jan. 3.—British railways are making drastic staff reductions in the next few months to help offset an…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—After a car collided with a tram entering a depot at the corner of Bridge-road and Ross-street, Glebe,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Services to Be Cut
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Train services will have to be cut almost immediately because the Railway Department has not sufficient coal to…
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REFERENCE is frequently made to the impact of the internal combustion engine on road transport, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day’s Leader: The Motor Industry Middle East Causes Grave Worry Britain’s Fear of Being Involved
WASHINGTON, January 4.—A British request to the United States to use what influence it could to halt the threatened Israeli invasion of Egypt appeared to-day to have met with some success…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Traffic on Holiday
Although thousands of people travelled from and returned to Maitland railway station yesterday—the last day of the…
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SYDNEY, Wed.—Nearly 23,000 new cars were put on the road in NSW last year, the secretary of the Service Station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“Railways Have Enough Coal,” Says Minister Report of Likely Drastic Cuts In Train Services Denied
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Reports that train services would have to be drastically reduced through lack of coal, and that the Premier had been advised of this, have been officially denied…
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NEWCASTLE, Wed. — Three bus passengers were injured and taken to Newcastle Hospital last night when the bus fell on its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways Have Sufficient Coal Stocks Unrestricted Services Till Miners Return
The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said last night he thought the Railways Department had enough coal to run unrestricted train services until the miners resumed work on January 17…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sailor Shockingly Injured Crashed on Allegedly Stolen Motor Cycle
A young sailor was shockingly injured to-day, when an allegedly stolen motor cycle he was riding crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extra Train to Sydney
The Railway Department has arranged to run a special fast train from Newcastle to Sydney at 9.3 a.m. to-morrow. Seat…
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Lower Hunter Shire Council has referred the matter of building alignments to Northumberland County Council for an expression of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →East Maitland Railway
Revenue at East Maitland railway station for month ending December 31 was as follows: 5471 passenger tickets issued for £984, one season…
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Members of the Muswellbrook railway staff, met at the Railway Institute on Wednesday last, and discussed the matter of forming a Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Supports Railway League Public Meeting to Be Called
Correspondence from the secretary of the Sandy Hollow-Maryvale Railway Co-ordination League, informed the Municipal Council at its meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Father of Railways
The lives of millions of people all over the world have been influenced by the life and work of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Inquiry Discontinued
SYDNEY, Friday.—The discontinuance of a special inquiry into efficiency in the Railways Department is expected to draw…
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SYDNEY. Friday.—A departmental inquiry will be held Into the tram smash in Castlereagh-st. yesterday afternoon, the…
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